Even if he knew that Lin Ji would make a big move, and heard someone say such a thing, he still felt that his brain was not enough.

"Catching light?"

"Is it possible?"

How many migratory beasts are there if you count them as mammoths? Last fall, the figure was 32,000. In fact, the statistics continued in the spring, and some of the leaders knew that the number was about 28,000.

It is expected that there may be losses in the elephant herd. But in any case, it should not be less than 25,000 heads.

Now, this one, to hunt down all these beasts? It's crazy.

You must know that the two round-ups last autumn and this spring were only about 3,000 elephants. Although in the spring, due to the reserve of pole grass, the number is slightly reduced, but it is actually possible to hunt more. But even so, there is no comparison with the present.

Now I'm going to catch more than 25,000 heads.

Thinking of this number, even the enthusiastic dolphin also felt that his scalp was numb.

"It's not a light catch." Lin Ji corrected everyone's mistakes, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, it's not like this, otherwise the pressure is too great - but Lin Ji continued: "It can also be killed." ”

This time the crowd was utterly lost.

Kill?

Isn't it easy to get good either?

Before, the tiger barbarians had been in a row for I don't know how many years, and it was very difficult to stop these beasts from coming south, and they often ended in failure. The casualties were so large that people from other tribes talked about hunting.

Now you want to kill all these beasts?

Many people looked at the young men and women under the city who were about to round up the beasts, and they could not help but feel sad for these men and women. Tens of thousands of warriors couldn't stop these beasts before, but now although there are tens of thousands of people, nearly half of them are women, is this plan feasible?

Only the wolf, who heard Lin Ji's plan in his head, was boiling with enthusiasm, ready to do it at any time.

Leaders like Po Tu and the others were calm and silent, waiting for Lin Ji's next arrangement, they had blind trust in Lin Ji, and felt that since Lin Ji had made a plan, there must be a possibility of his success.

Lin Ji said: "I knew that I would scare you if I said it earlier." Rest assured, we're not going to catch them all or kill them all right now. We're going to spend the whole winter doing it. ”

When the leaders heard this, they were somewhat less nervous. Doing this all winter is much more extensive than just during the migration of the beasts. Although it is not clear what will happen to the forest trail behind it, it is feasible to know that the idea of the forest trail is feasible. Because the conditions are indeed much more abundant now than before.

At this time all the tribes of the south, united in a new and more efficient form, made it possible to greatly increase the population that could be used. This situation was something that the tiger man could not achieve when he organized a hunt.

In terms of the population of the city, there are now about 25,000 people, which is twice the number of the Tiger Barbarians when they were able to hunt.

Although these people may not be directly involved in elephant hunting and hunting, most of them are able to provide adequate support to the front through a proper division of labor. This can make the person in front of you more efficient. This is something that the tiger can't do when he can hunt.

In addition to the human factor, the establishment of the city and the establishment of the internal animal pen are also equivalent to creating a geographical advantage. As long as the beast enters the city, it has almost become a king in the pocket, and if you want to kill or tame, the people in the city will have the final say.

Another advantage that wasn't there before is that the tools in everyone's hands have changed dramatically. In the past, everyone mainly used stone tools and bone tools. At this time, almost all the people in the city used bronze, iron, or synthetic bows. Even in villages and tribes outside the city, the popularity of bronze and iron tools has reached two or three percent. With these tools, how can the combat power increase by three to five percent?

These conditions, coupled with the fact that villages have been built everywhere, there is basically no shortage of food. All things considered, 60,000 people killing or capturing more than 20,000 mammoths and a handful of other beasts doesn't seem to be a big deal.

Now it's up to us to see how we implement the forest trail or mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

Lin Ji raised his voice and ordered: "Dolphin, start catching elephants." Catch at least 8,000 elephants before the snow! Destroy the slaughter, guard the north, and prevent the deer from attacking! Lin Miao'er, prepare wine, all those who participate in the elephant hunting half a catty of wine per person per day, limited to three months! Others ...... as previously arranged"

In the distance, a herd of beasts was coming to the passage, ordering to go down, and hearing that there was a supply of half a catty of wine every day, the city and outside the city responded loudly, and it seemed that the fighting spirit was high.

The outsiders blocked the fence above the passage, and then released the baby elephants on both sides of the passage, and when the elephant herd approached, the drums behind them sounded, and the elephant herd rushed into the city under the leadership of the baby elephants in front.

When the elephants entered the city, they immediately scurried around, and the archers on the city wall immediately shot the most panicked, and the mahouts below quickly led the baby elephants in front of them into a narrow and closed corral. Later, someone rushed out and quickly decomposed and cleaned up the fallen elephant corpse, even washing the ground.

The first battle was easily won in perfect coordination.

When the elephant meat was transported back to the center of the city and handed over to the meat factory for disposal, the news that the forest was going to destroy the migratory beasts also reached the ears of Hu Aman and others.

With reading glasses, Hu Aman, who was learning to knit a sweater, sat in a daze for a while.

Qing Mu and the others were afraid that she would not be able to stand the stimulation, so they hurriedly shouted, "Mother......"

Hu Aman put down his sweater and stood up and said, "I'm fine, I never thought about it, I just got into my mind." Qizi really lived up to expectations, let's go grind noodles, Qizi said that pasta is easy to digest, and in the future, we will try to send pasta to them in the west of the city. ”

Hu Aman must have said: "In addition, the sugar from our Human Seven Towns will be left first, and they will all make sweets for the people in the west of the city." If the people below have any opinions, let them ask me. ”

People in the city actually like to eat pasta, whether it's cornmeal or wheat flour. However, now the water mill has not been made, and the grinding surface can only use people or a small number of animals as labor, and the efficiency is naturally very low. Hu Aman wanted to do his part.

After the sugar is removed from the beets, the surrounding parts are divided into batches. Hu Aman donated another four million catties of grain, and Lin Ji also gave her a batch of candy and asked her to reward the people below. The candy hadn't been distributed yet, and she decided to cut it off first.

She had fought with the herds for most of her life, and although objectively it was up to them to survive, she dreamed that they would disappear, because she had done so much for them.

Lin Ji said that she didn't need to be able to hunt, so she decided to take the risk and support Lin Ji. Knowing that the herds would disappear within a decade or two, and finding another way to feed the tiger barbarians, she felt unconditionally supportive of the forest trails.

Now, Lin Ji said that it would only take one winter to make these beasts disappear completely, and then she could defeat the deer, and she only wished that she could become the elephant warrior of Lin Ji and fight out all her old bones to complete Lin Ji's plan!

As long as this plan is successful, she will have no regrets in her lifetime!

The big animal pen in the west of the city has not stopped making noise since the first mammoths entered. For most of the next half month, it was more like a battlefield than a battlefield.

The sound of drums, orders, shouts of killing, and the sound of elephants, day or night, hardly ever stops.

Nearly 13,000 people, divided into two shifts, hunted and tamed elephants day and night.

In addition to simple trapping, many people also rushed out of the city and used ropes and chains to catch them. There were many casualties, but it was a few experienced people with young men from surrounding tribes learning to hunt elephants in the wild.

For most of the month, Lin Ji slept on top of the city tower, most of the time in command, and sometimes followed him to the city to hunt, sleeping no more than six hours a day. People under the city can often see the figure of the forest on the castle tower, or the horse lantern there is not extinguished all night.

Because of the fence, the casualties in the process of hunting elephants were controlled, but the degree of fatigue was not much less than that of being able to hunt.

Fortunately, the whole city knows that this side is very important, and all the attention of the whole city is tilted towards this side.

Here the food is the best. Every day is either pasta or a variety of delicious meals. Sometimes there are sweets that people are reluctant to eat.

Four meals a day, each one without ambiguity. When it was about to snow, everyone was a little reluctant to stop.

When the weather was colder, Lin Ji walked on the city wall and looked at the big hairballs rolling below.

"It's already 10,000." The dolphin reported after the forest trail.

Lin Ji saw that there was almost no open space in the entire beast pen, and everyone was tired enough, so he said, "Stop." Everything outside let them go south. Let's wait two days and start taming the city. Within three months, I want you to tame them all. If I can't tame, I won't stay. ”

Zhong Dolphin secretly sighed: "There is no problem with this. ”

If you continue like this, Zhong Dolphin feels that he can't stand it. In the face of so many wild elephants, he will also have a numb scalp.

After stopping the elephant hunt, hunting is someone else's business, and you don't have to worry about how others kill him.

Lin Ji said again: "Don't be too happy, not all of them are left to you now." Those who come out to learn how to taming, after a month of study, I will start releasing people back. After three months, they will basically not be here. And it will take away a batch of elephants, you know? ”

The dolphin smiled more ugly than crying: "I understand." ”

The movable fence outside the city was removed, allowing the herd to pass freely. The atmosphere of the whole West City was also invisibly relaxed at this time. But the atmosphere outside the city was just beginning to brew.

A little later, Lin Ji asked people to call Izuxia to the city tower: "It's time for you to make a move." ”

Izuxia carried a strong bow and an iron cluster of arrows, and said heroically: "How many people do you want to give me?" Was it killed in a field outside the city? Then I will have 500 men, and I will kill more than 3,000 heads. ”

The elephant hunt stopped, and all that remained was hunting. Now in the city, except for the group of elephants, those who have a little bit of force are all gearing up and preparing to go out to do a big job. Izukami naturally wants to do a part. After all, she's a brutal horned warrior.

"I'll give you a maximum of fifty men, and you'd better kill all 15,000 outside the city." Lin Ji rolled his eyes and said.

Izumi glared at the dun mu on the side, which means that your wife was bullied. But the dun wood naturally did not react. She had no choice but to turn her head to Lin Ji and said, "There are too few people, even if it is five hundred, I can't kill so many." And, what do the rest of you do? Am I going out alone? ”

Lin Ji said: "What can you do if you know that you can't kill it?" I gave you fifty men to go out of the city, so that you could inform the tribes. ”

Izuka's spirits perked up: "Notify them to help kill?" ”

She felt that with her reputation in the surrounding tribes, she should be able to help them kill a lot. Maybe it's better than taking 500 people to shoot yourself.

Lin Ji asked, "How many do you think they can kill in this way?" ”

Izuka pondered for a while: "It should be able to reach 5,000 heads, right?" It's harder for them to shoot than we are now, and they'll have to tread through the snow to find it, and if they have food, they may not want to go out, but there are a lot of them. I'll just talk to them more. ”

Lin Ji took out a piece of paper, handed it to Xia and said, "What if that's the case?" ”

On the paper was written three parts, above which was a list of transactions, which said the purchase of ivory, a pair of thirty catties of wine, and a handful of bronze or ironware. In addition, there are prices such as oil, long hair, skin, tendons, etc., but they are all market prices.

In the middle is the encouragement part, each tribe is tamed into an elephant, regardless of size, and is rewarded with fifty catties of wine, a handful of bronze, five catties of sugar, and ten catties of salt.

At the bottom are the various ways to deal with elephant meat. Which part of the wax is the best, which part is the best pickled, which part can be boiled in oil, how to deal with the stomach, how to treat the elephant bone can be used as fertilizer, etc., all of the above are clear.

Izuxia didn't know some words, so the dun wood next to her explained it to her. Her eyes lit up after listening: "Are you really willing to give this?" ”

Helping to hunt or something, it depends on the favor. Even if an order is given, it may be prevaricated. But driven by profit, the situation may be completely different. Because it is profitable, they themselves will overcome the difficulty of treading through the snow to find the trace. They will also cheer themselves up when they encounter any setbacks. Even if the warriors of the tribe are not willing to fight hard, the leader of the tribe will urge everyone to go out.

Drinks, sharps, and sugar—three attractive items for rewards, and Izuka felt that no one could refuse. As soon as this trick came out, Izumi felt that there should not be much left of the 15,000 elephants in the wild.

Lin Ji said: "If you notify me again, I will choose two more villages or tribes to give special rewards." One is to hunt the most elephants, and the other is to tame the most. The prizes are a wall clock and 10 bicycles each, what do you think? ”

Izuka giggled: "Then I promise, you will definitely not see a beast here in the beginning of spring." ”

Izukatsu got the order and hurried out of the city with the people.

In addition to Izuxia, many people are also packing up their arms and preparing to go out of the city to hunt and kill, so as to do their part. After hearing about the reward plan of Lin Ji, many big leaders dispelled the idea of going out of the city, with these plans of Lin Ji, they really didn't need to waste their energy on this.

They felt that it would be better to prepare well for the war against the deer next year.